Blue Jays Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Thursday, August 13, 2020

I apologize for the dearth of postings yesterday but the website was feeling a little ill. All better in time

There’s a CBC report today on how the Toronto Blue Jays are scalping their own tickets. The report says that

In a shrewd marketing move–hey, how many people have heard of Blimp Rock before now?–a Toronto band is asking for

Forgive us, world. Toronto has gone a little crazy over baseball lately. Polaris Music Prize shortlisters Zeus have covered the

It’s been a long time since the Blue Jays faced Kansas City in the American League Championship Series, a series

Eddie Vedder is a die-hard Chicago Cubs fan, one of those people who people that the Curse of the Billy

The American League Division Series starts today and more than a few people (including me) are irrationally worried about the

I’m not a superstitious person. Not at all. Except when it comes to sports. With the Blue Jays in the

Toronto and many other parts of Canada lost its collective mind yesterday when the Blue Jays clinched their first division

Before the strike of ’94, I was a fanatical baseball fan. I could recite the Blue Jays’ batting order forward,

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver